For anyone wanting a display, I will continue to supply while there is still demand but please refer to this thread in the group buy section for latest news on availability as I will no longer be monitoring this thread:-

I've got the part (from nice Italian on eBay) but I'm making a horlicks of getting the front grille off: when you say you ran a knife around the grille, that the plastic mounting in which the metal grille is embedded (not the metal bit itself?) - was there anything special about the knife (I can get a kitchen knife around it and open a gap between the inner and the outer plastic rims but all I'm doing is cracking off the ornamental black plastic, which is breaking off in bits...).

There seems to be some confusion about method. Go in from the back, not the front!! Here's my reposted instructions from 13th November...
Good luck

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Originally Posted by OxfordDownings

So I've just done our radio, having received a screen from NomadUK, and it's perfect - as good as new: dimming automatically when required but perfectly bright when needed.

Technically I would say the job was a bit fiddly but not difficult as long as you can find a small screwdriver and your reading glasses
So:
1. remove the back plate (six screws)
2. slide the innards out (angle it out right side first)
3. [non-essential] if you'd like to give yourself more room and can reach it then the wire that attaches the inner board to the inside of the radio handle can be unscrewed temporarily
4. note how the screen ribbon cable inserts into the circuit board. (Mine had the numbers 1 and 22 on it which helped.) Your new ribbon will need to go in the same way, obvs.
5. CRITICAL: there is a small black plastic clip which you can see either side of where the ribbon meeds the circuit board. Slide both ends of this up towards the top of the radio, releasing the old ribbon cable
6. remove the four small screws from the screen retainer and remove this and the old screen
7. slide the old ribbon through the letterbox aperture on the screen retainer
8. clean the inside of the radio window
9. remove the screen protector from your new screen and site the new screen (the right way up!)
10. insert the new ribbon cable through the letterbox aperture and set the screen retainer in place
11. replace the four small screws and tighten them evenly
12. reattach the ribbon cable (make sure the black clip is open as you are inserting the ribbon; closing the clip then locks the ribbon in place)
13. [if you detatched the wire from the inside of the radio handle then now is the time to reattach it]
14. replace the board (left side in first) and reinsert the six screws
15. plug it in, wait for it to sort itself out, and then...
16. ...allow yourself a warm smile of self-congratulation. You have saved an old radio from the rubbish bin
17. [OPTIONAL] tune back in to radio 4.

NomadUK and Alampro - thanks for your encouragement! Any comments on my technique welcome for the benefit of those who follow. May God bless you all. Good night!